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Published 9 years ago by jcscher with 2 Comments
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Obama Sets New World Record With Twitter Account

Move over Robert Downey Jr. — Twitter’s got a new king of the hill. President Barack Obama shattered Downey Jr.’s world record for fastest time to 1 million followers after launching his account Monday afternoon. The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed the record on its blog.

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  • cheezoncrack
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    I have never had the sense of any politicians twitter account actually being handled by themselves. Imagine they always got some intern who they just boss around to twit stuff for them. Same thing here.

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    • Nelson
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      This also goes for any popular celebrities. They have so much money, why not just hire someone to be active for them. It takes constant activity to get more and more followers.

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